Foreign aid is name of the Games for Paris

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A MONTH after launching its international “Club des Ambassadeurs”, it has become clear that the athletes who have given their names to the Paris 2012 Olympic bid are not convinced that their city of choice is the one that would stage the best Games. One even told The Times that she would consider swapping sides.

Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has said that bidding cities should “go for substance far more than appearance”. Indeed, last year he questioned the role of David Beckham as an ambassador for the London bid. Beckham is never